An executive Siemens Gamesa has hailed the reductions in the cost of offshore wind that has put the technology “at the heart of energy policy”. Speaking at the Offshore Wind Connections conference in Hull last week, Ray Thompson, UK Head of business development for Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, said the costs of offshore wind farms had halved in the past three years and would continue to fall as the industry grows and becomes ever more efficient. “Offshore wind has gone from being an expensive technology but a green choice, to the cheapest utility-scale form of electricity generation. That has transformed the political landscape. It’s been a struggle at times to persuade ministers to support renewable energy but now, with the costs coming down, they really are committed to it and getting behind it. “Offshore wind is now at the heart of energy policy and the government’s clean growth strategy.”
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